At this point, the writer is considering adding the following true statement: Billie Holiday's music evokes such feeling and melancholy that it's no wonder she became so popular. Should the writer add this sentence here?
(A) Yes, because it provides an interesting detail about one of the other Harlem Renaissance artists.
(B) Yes, because music was an important influence on Hurston's work.
(C) No, because it doesn't clearly identify which of Billie Holiday's songs were popular.
(D) No, because it distracts the reader from the main point of this paragraph.
As the potter removes one brick at a time to create an opening into the oven, an expanding view of gleaming shapes rewards the artist for months of hard work.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） rewarding （C） reward （D） as a reward for
Correct Answer: A
Running errands arid visiting friends if I walked would take longer to my destination, but I consoled myself with virtuous thoughts of how my body could benefit from the effort.
（A）where it is now.
（B） after the word longer.
（C） after the word myself.
（D） after the word body.
Correct Answer: B
I can recall students from Costa Rica,Italy, Norway, and Nigeria. Last year, one of our school's exchange students was Ligia Antolinez, (who) came from Bucaramanga, Colombia.
（A）NO CHANGE （B） whom （C） which （D） she who
Correct Answer: A
More ACT English Exam Questions
- 1In 1945, in Oklahoma, Mankiller (the name stems from a Cherokee military title) was born.
- 2If the writer were to delete the phrase "which I returned with a quiet nod" from the preceding sentence and end the sentence with a period, the sentence would primarily lose:
- 3Tan, who once felt she could never live up to her mother's, expectations now feels that her professional success has filled her mother with pride.
- 4Sincerely, gracious, always in full command of her art, she seemed completely absorbed in every song she sang.
- 5McClintock believed maize (corn) was idealistically a plant to study because each ear had hundreds of kernels for each with a different set of chromosomes.